Have you just set up a blog but you still don’t know how to properly market it? Promoting your blog to get instant traffic is actually easy, although it does require some time and effort. But seeing the results will definitely make all the hard work worth it, especially when you get to do it right.
Below are 5 effective tips on how to get instant traffic and links to your blog:
1. Add comments to other blogs. Adding comments to other blogs is a way of connecting with blogs and people in the same community. But you can’t just make a 3-word comment; your comments should be constructive and helpful to the blog you’re posting at. Also, these blogs in which you’re going to write comments on should be relevant to your niche or else they won’t give you the results you want. Through these comments, you will be able to build friendly relations with other bloggers who can exchange links and visit your blog as well. Through comments, viewers are also enticed to click on your hotlink so they can check your blog too. You may also opt to subscribe to ‘follow-up comments’ so you can get updated with the latest news in that blog you posted on.
2. Make use of Social Bookmarks. Another known effective way to garner instant traffic to your sites is through social bookmarking. You can do this by signing up for social bookmarking sites such as Digg, Technorati and Stumbleupon, and through there you can build a network of related links and views. These sites are known to bring in huge amount of traffic via votes, comments and reviews by the people under the same niche that you take part of. These sites also do random features every now and then, based on quality content and popularity. Social bookmarking is also a good place where you can find related blogs especially those which you cannot find in typical search results.
3. Join relevant niche communities. Third on this list of effective ways to get instant traffic and links is by joining relevant niche communities. These communities include forums and chat rooms where your topic is being discussed. Unlike social bookmarks, these communities are more updated and sometimes can even be held live. It’s easier to earn traffic through discussions since the participants in these communities go online frequently. Upon seeing your reply at a discussion, they immediately see your hotlink signature which they can click on so that they can be redirected to your site. Also, your signature doesn’t expire and stays on your posts, thus they can click on your link anytime.
4. Build profiles on social media networks. Have you heard of websites such as Facebook and Twitter? These social media networks are as well known to build good relevant traffic to your blog, so if you want to create your own circle of friends, then you might as well want to create your profile in these places. Signing up for these sites is free, and upon having your own profile you can add other users who are also interested in your niche. You can also post announcements and send messages about the latest happenings in your blog here in these sites for your friends to check out.
5. Upload a video. Lastly, you can promote your blog and earn incoming traffic by being visible. If you are capable of coming up with a simple video, then why not create a video about your blog and post it on sites such as YouTube or MySpace. This exposes your blog this time to random communities, so as people can easily find your blog.
November 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I’ve heard and read oft-times on the power of using video (youtube) for generating traffic but for some reasons, I couldn’t get myself appeared decent in front of the camera. OK, probably practice makes perfect but then come to think of it, my face isn’t the kind of stuff people want to see online..;(
Yan
November 4th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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November 4th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I endorse your view that the most effective way is to comment on other blogs
and hope that they will reciprocate. This way, you not only build traffic for
your blog but also build a community as well as become part of other communities.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
I’m working on all except for the last one, although I doubt doing any such thing, but i might give it a thought.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:48 am
I share the same thought with you Yan. I tried doing video blogging but it
seems wierd. Even without revealing my face, my voice sounded awkward in audio.
Ok back to the topic, I think this is a article to drive traffic but not really
instantly as it suggest. You need to build up your profile in the different
community mention above to leverage from it.
This is especially so for participating in forums and social media network.
There is a need to foster relationship with the community before traffic starts
coming from there.
Wei Liang
November 5th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
nice post Ahson!
( I am a new subscriber to your Blog )
I have some doubt regarding the first point.
How much commenting is good enough on other blogs ?
Do search engines have any issues with this even though they are nofollow links ?
Would be glad if you can help.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Thanks for sharing Ahson
I can’t wait to give some of these a try, getting traffic to my websites is always the hardest part for me. I notice you site has a really low Alexa rank, what are you traffic sources? How much traffic do you get each day?
November 7th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Great suggestions. Adding comments to other blogs is always a great idea. Some of my best posts are in part because of the great comments I got from people returning the favor. Other bloggers are usually the best comment posters because they have a lot to say.
Social bookmarks have also helped me a ton. My other writers and hardcore readers always pitch in an extra digg which is always helpful.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I’m implementing all those tips except the last one. I think i should go for this one day in the near future.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Ashon, your dead on with these techniques. We have been implementing all of them on articlesender. Our Alexa ranking has jumped 33% in the last 90 days!
Thanks
Shane
February 19th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Nice Article Ahsan for traffic .
Can you help me in SEO ?
September 16th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Posting good topics on do follow forum related to ur blog also helps to boost traffic